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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 137454, member: 112&quot;]It depends on the coin - general rule of thumb for US coins, if it&#039;s off by more than 1% either direction then you have a problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>Carl - as for wear affecting the weight, yes it does. But to a very minor degree unless the coin is very badly worn. For instance a silver dollar weighs 26.73 grams or 412.44 grains. 1% of that is 4.12 grains - that is the normal plus or minus tolerance. So the range is 408.32 to 416.56 grains or 26.46 to 26.99 grams. So you have 16 grains or 1/2 gram for variance even for Mint State silver dollars. </p><p><br /></p><p>But find yourself any VF silver dollar, weigh it. You will find it is still within that tolerance range. Even a G silver dollar will be off weight less than 20 grains.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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